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'{{Multiple issues |refimprove = May 2009 |rewrite = February 2009 }} {{Infobox film | name = The Texas Chainsaw Massacre:<br>The Beginning | image = Texas chainsaw massacre the beginning.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Jonathan Liebesman]] | producer = [[Michael Bay]]<br/>[[Mike Fleiss]]<br/>[[Tobe Hooper]]<br/>[[Kim Henkel]]<br/>Andrew Form<br/>[[Bradley Fuller|Brad Fuller]] | writer = '''Screenplay:'''<br>[[Sheldon Turner]]<br/>'''Story:'''<br/>Sheldon Turner<br/>[[David J. Schow]] | narrator = [[John Larroquette]] | starring = [[Jordana Brewster]]<br>[[Taylor Handley]]<br>[[Diora Baird]]<br>[[Matthew Bomer|Matt Bomer]]<br>[[Lee Tergesen]]<br>[[R. Lee Ermey]] | music = [[Steve Jablonsky]] | cinematography = Lukas Ettlin | editing = Jonathan Chibnall | studio = [[Platinum Dunes]]<br>Next Entertainment | distributor = [[New Line Cinema]] | released = October 6, 2006 | runtime = 91 min. | country = United States | language = English | budget = $14,000,000 | gross = $50,764,406 | preceded_by = ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (film)|The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'' | followed_by = ''[[Leatherface 3D (film)|Leatherface 3D]]'' }} '''''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning''''', a 2006 American [[slasher film]], functions as a FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE to the [[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (film)|2003 remake]] of the 1974 film ''[[The Texas Chain Saw Massacre]]''. Directed by [[Jonathan Liebesman]] and co-produced by [[Kim Henkel]] and [[Tobe Hooper]] (co-creators of the original [[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre|1974 film)]], the film went into release in [[North America]] on October 6, 2006. The film's story takes place four years before the timeline of the 2003 remake. Originally, the film had the [[Subtitle (titling)|subtitle]] ''The Origin''. New Line Cinema had to pay $3.1 million more than expected in order to keep the rights to the franchise after [[Dimension Films]] made a large offer to buy it from the original rightholders. The film grossed less than half of what the original film had grossed. ==Plot== On August 7, 1939, after a mother dies giving birth to a child in a meat-packing plant in [[Travis County, Texas]], the plant manager abandons the newborn in a dumpster. A tramp, [[List of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre characters#Luda May Hewitt|Luda Mae Hewitt]], discovers the baby while searching for food. She names the infant [[Leatherface|Thomas]] and takes him to the [[List of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre characters#The Sawyer/Hewitt family|Hewitt]] residence. Thomas grows up and goes to work in the same slaughterhouse, working for the same boss who put him in the dumpster. The plant is closed by the health inspector due to its horrid conditions. When the boss insults Thomas calling him an "animal", he leaves. Later that day Thomas returns and brutally mauls his boss with a [[sledgehammer]], smashing his skull into his brain. While leaving he finds and takes a [[chainsaw]]. [[List of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre characters#Sheriff Hoyt/Charlie Hewitt|Charlie Hewitt]], Luda Mae's son, learns from Sheriff Hoyt what Thomas has done, and accompanies the Sheriff to arrest Thomas. When they find Thomas, Charlie kills the Sheriff with a [[shotgun]] and takes his identity. Charlie and Thomas take the Sheriff's body home and butcher him for stew meat, telling the rest of the family that they will not leave and with "good people like the sheriff here" they'll never go hungry again. July 1969, two brothers, Eric and Dean, drive across the country with their girlfriends Chrissie and Bailey. They are traveling to enlist to go to Vietnam, Eric having already been, Dean with a draft card. They stop at a local eatery where they encounter a group of bikers. As the group pulls away, a female biker, Alex, follows them. Dean decides he's not going to Vietnam and starts to burn his draft card in front of Eric. Alex pulls a shotgun out to get the group to pull over. A chase ensues, ending with the group crashing into a cow and flipping their car when Eric turns around to shoot at the biker. In the process, Chrissie gets thrown from the car and lands in the weeds, out of sight of the others. Charlie Hewitt/Sheriff Hoyt soon arrives on the scene; he immediately shoots Alex, finds the partially burnt draft card and demands to know which one of the guys is a draft dodger. Eric claims it's his, Hoyt makes them put Alex's body into his car, forces the rest of the group in as well, and calls for [[List of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre characters#Old Monty Hewitt|Uncle Monty]] to tow the wreckage. The truck comes and tows the car, in which Chrissie has hidden herself. Hoyt takes the group to the Hewitt house and calls for Thomas to butcher Alex. He then takes Eric and Dean to a barn and hangs them by their arms from the rafters; he later ties Bailey to the kitchen table. From the car, Chrissie sees her friends tied up and runs back to the highway. She flags down Holden, one of the bikers from the diner, and tells him about Alex and her friends. Holden takes out a [[revolver]] and follows Chrissie back to the house. At the Hewitts', Hoyt wraps Eric's face with cellophane, slowly [[Suffocation|suffocating]] him for trying to dodge the draft. Dean begs him to stop and admits the draft card was his. Hoyt shoves a knife into Eric's open, cling-film covered, mouth making him cough up blood, but allowing him to breathe. He then releases Dean and tells him he can walk away free if he can do 10 push ups. As he does them Hoyt brutally beats him with his nightstick. Dean eventually does 10 push ups and Hoyt beats him more, then says he's free to go, although Dean can't move anymore. When Hoyt leaves, Eric breaks free from his restraints and gets Dean to safety while he sneaks back in the house and frees Bailey. As they escape, Hoyt comes outside with his gun and Eric stands in his way while Dean runs, when Dean stands in a [[bear trap]] Hoyt takes advantage of the distraction and knocks out Eric. Bailey escapes, taking Monty's truck, but Thomas hooks her in the chest with a meat hook and drags her from the truck. Eric is lying on the kitchen table apparently too injured/weak to move and Hoyt tells Eric "why do you not want to fight me? Because I'm a pussy? That's what you said isn't it! Well my nephew Tommy ain't no pussy, maybe you'd like to play with him!", Thomas then carries Eric face up over his shoulder into the basement where he sees Alex's body hanging from the ceiling above the chainsaw, parts of her limbs missing. Thomas punches him, incapacitating Eric, and nails metal straps to a wooden table across his wrists and ankles. Thomas then picks up a knife and cuts open Eric's shirt and twists his head back and forth, inspecting the skin of his face. Holden enters the house to search for Alex, but ends up shooting Monty in one of his kneecaps, taking Hoyt hostage in the process. Hoyt leads him to a bedroom and calls for Thomas to help him. Eric now has a strap across his neck as well, and Thomas starts to cut the skin and flesh from his forearm. Chrissie hears Eric screaming and finds the door to the basement, Thomas opens the door and walks past her carrying his chainsaw. Hoyt shows Holden to Bailey, incorrectly thinking this must be the girl he's looking for. Holden points his gun at Hoyt to kill him, Thomas stops him and kills him with his chainsaw. This is his first kill with the chainsaw. Chrissie finds Eric and tries to free him, but cannot release the metal straps nailed to the table. He says he cannot feel his arm and we see that Thomas has removed all his skin and nerves. Chrissie hides under the table when Thomas comes downstairs with his chainsaw in hand. Thomas inspects Eric's face again then starts up his chainsaw and plunging it into Eric, killing him and cutting right through the table, splattering Chrissie in Eric's blood. He then skins his face, putting it on as a mask. Hoyt calls Thomas upstairs. Hoyt tells Thomas he likes his new face and to chainsaw off Uncle Monty's leg due to the bullet being unable to be removed. Later Chrissie finds and tries to free Bailey, whom Hoyt has tied up again on the second floor. As Chrissie attempts to untie her friend, Hoyt and Thomas catch her and bring her downstairs for "dinner". There, Dean sits unconscious as Thomas slits Bailey's throat with a pair of scissors, then grabs Chrissie and brings her downstairs as well. On the way to the basement, Chrissie manages to stab Thomas in the back with a screwdriver and escapes by jumping out a window. Realizing their crimes will be discovered, Thomas chases her. Dean regains consciousness, escaping to the front of the house. There he assaults Hoyt by smashing his head repeatedly into the solid concrete porch, then heads out to find Chrissie. Meanwhile, Chrissie hides in the slaughterhouse. She slits Thomas's face with a knife she has found, but he drags her to the floor. Dean arrives to stop him but Thomas impales and kills him with his chainsaw. Meanwhile, Chrissie makes her way to a nearby car and drives off into the night. Chrissie, desperately looking for help, sees a Deputy who has pulled someone over. As Chrissie is about to pull over, Thomas suddenly appears in the back seat and gores Chrissie to death with his chainsaw. The car, out of control, crashes into the Deputy and citizen, killing both of them. Thomas exits the car and slowly walks back along the dark road to the Hewitt house. The narrator explains the events and addresses "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" title. ==Cast== * [[Jordana Brewster]] as Chrissie * [[Taylor Handley]] as Dean * [[Diora Baird]] as Bailey * [[Matthew Bomer|Matt Bomer]] as Eric * [[Lee Tergesen]] as Holden * [[Cyia Batten]] as Alex * [[R. Lee Ermey]] as [[Characters of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre|Charlie Hewitt/Sheriff Hoyt]] * [[Andrew Bryniarski]] as Thomas Hewitt/[[Leatherface]] * [[Terrence Evans]] as Monty Hewitt * [[Marietta Marich]] as Luda Mae Hewitt * [[Kathy Lamkin]] as Tea Lady * [[L.A Calkins]] as Sloane * [[Lew Temple]] as Sheriff Winston ==Reception== Upon release the film met with a large amount of negative reviews. On "[[Rotten Tomatoes]]" {{As of | 2009 | lc = on }} it holds a low 13% positive approval rating, with consensus stating: "''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning'' is full of blood and gore, but not enough scares or coherent story to make for a successful horror film." However, [[R. Lee Ermey]] again received some credit for his performance as Sheriff Hoyt. ==Box-office statistics== In the US, the film opened on $18,508,228, averaging $6,563 at 2,820 sites<ref> http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2006&wknd=40&p=.htm </ref> and ranked #2. Overall in the US, the film had a final [[gross profit|grossing]] of $39,517,763.<ref name="boxofficemojo.com"> http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tcmbeginning.htm </ref> {{As of | 2009}} the film had a worldwide gross of US$51,764,406.<ref name = "boxofficemojo.com"/> ==Soundtrack== {{Infobox album| | Name = The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Type = [[Film score]] | Artist = [[Steve Jablonsky]] | Cover = | Caption = | Released = October 3, 2006 | Recorded = | Genre = [[Soundtrack]]s<br/>[[Film scores]] | Length = | Label = Varese Sarablande | Producer = | Reviews = | Last album = | This album = | Next album = }} The album reproduces the soundtrack to ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning''. [[Steve Jablonsky]] composed the original music. ;Track listing # Main Title # Birth # Fired # Chainsaw # Officer Hoyt # Bike Chase # Chrissie Alone # Mama's House # Ten Push Ups # Attempted Rescue # Preparing The Victims # Chrissie Finds Eric # Eric's Death # Face Removal # Dinner # Meat Factory # Dean's Death # Epilogue ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Portalbox|Texas|Film}} * {{Official|http://texaschainsawmovie.com}} * {{imdb title|id=0420294}} * {{Amg movie|331727}} * {{rotten-tomatoes|id=texas_chainsaw_massacre_the_beginning}} {{Jonathan Liebesman}} {{Texas Chainsaw Massacre}} {{Platinum Dunes}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning}} [[Category:2006 films]] [[Category:Cannibal films]] [[Category:Films set in Texas]] [[Category:Films shot in Texas]] [[Category:Texas Chainsaw Massacre]] [[Category:Prequel films]] [[Category:Slasher films]] [[Category:2000s horror films]] [[Category:Films set in the 1930s]] [[Category:Films set in the 1940s]] [[Category:Films set in the 1960s]] [[Category:American horror films]] [[Category:New Line Cinema films]] [[Category:Platinum Dunes films]] [[Category:Sequel films]] [[Category:Serial killer films]] [[da:The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning]] [[de:Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning]] [[es:The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning]] [[fr:Massacre à la tronçonneuse : Le Commencement]] [[it:Non aprite quella porta - L'inizio]] [[nl:The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning]] [[ja:テキサス・チェーンソー ビギニング]] [[no:The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning]] [[pl:Teksańska masakra piłą mechaniczną: Początek]] [[pt:The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning]] [[ru:Техасская резня бензопилой: Начало]] [[fi:Texasin moottorisahamurhaaja – pahan alku]] [[sv:The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning]] [[tr:Teksas Katliamı: Başlangıç]]'